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Cutting Off Scalpers 　　A video showing an enraged young woman who failed to get a registration ticket for her paralyzed mother after lining up for a whole day at a hospital in Beijing has gone viral online. In the video， the woman furiously railed at the security guards of the hospital for turning a blind eye to scalpers who had snatched up a ticket she needed， and were asking for 4，500 yuan （$684.9） for it. Had she been able to buy the ticket herself， it would have cost 300 yuan（$45.7）. 　　In China， patients are required to buy a ticket in order to see a doctor， the price of which depends on the service required. Tickets to see senior doctors at renowned hospitals are particularly difficult to get. 　　The video went viral on January 25 and has since aroused intense attention and sympathy from netizens. The hospital in question published a notice the next day， saying that it had arranged an appointment with an expert for the womans mother after she had called the police. The notice stated that there was no evidence indicating that the hospital’s security guards had been in cahoots with the scalpers. 　　Beijing police announced on January 28 that it had arrested seven ticket scalpers at the hospital. The Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau promised to work closely with the health department to launch a crackdown on the illicit activity in order to facilitate access to medical treatment. 　　 Possible solutions 　　Editorial （The Beijing News）： A shortage of quality medical services and their uneven distribution between different regions have contributed to the issue of rampant ticket scalping at hospitals. According to statistics from the National Health and Family Planning Commission， 80 percent of medical services in China are provided in big cities. First-tier cities such as Beijing and Guangzhou have become the country’s main medical centers. 　　Since the shortage of medical services cannot be solved immediately， medical reform should be stepped up in order to